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Slash Boardroom Seat Warmers & Paper Shufflers Pay

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Patrick FitzGerald

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Jun 12, 2009, 7:44:43 PM6/12/09
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We should follow America's example and control obscene executive pay,
now is the time to slash the salaries of board room seat warmers and
overpaid paper shufflers

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White House Appoints Czar to Oversee Executive Pay

The Obama administration appointed Kenneth R. Feinberg to the
new post, giving him broad discretion to set pay for 175 top
executives at seven of the nation's largest companies.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na

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The money saved by implementing this policy should be used to improve
the pay and conditions of those who do the real work.


Patrick


bubba ray

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Jun 12, 2009, 8:00:33 PM6/12/09
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I never thought I'd hear you say 'let's follow America's example'.

Roger Dewhurst

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Jun 12, 2009, 9:30:02 PM6/12/09
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Patrick FitzGerald wrote:
> We should follow America's example and control obscene executive pay,
> now is the time to slash the salaries of board room seat warmers and
> overpaid paper shufflers
>
The simplest way is to put the high paid jobs up for tender. You have
to get rid of the ratchet effect. Bureaucrats claim that they must be
paid as much as the private sector and then the private sector claims
that they must be paid more than the bureaucrats because they have more
responsibility. Make a start with the bureaucrats on annual pay of
$100K+ and the need to pay anybody absurd salaries will soon vanish. It
would not be a bad idea to limit the number of directorships these
people can hold also.

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Fred

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Jun 13, 2009, 12:49:38 AM6/13/09
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"Roger Dewhurst" <dewh...@wave.co.nz> wrote in message
news:h0uvel$foi$1...@lust.ihug.co.nz...

> Patrick FitzGerald wrote:
>> We should follow America's example and control obscene executive pay,
>> now is the time to slash the salaries of board room seat warmers and
>> overpaid paper shufflers
>>
> The simplest way is to put the high paid jobs up for tender.


I don't think there's an employer in the entire planet that would want to
employ senior management on the basis of a low tender.


A _L_ P

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Jun 13, 2009, 1:05:14 AM6/13/09
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"Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted" is the usual form.

A L P

Roger Dewhurst

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Jun 13, 2009, 1:59:49 AM6/13/09
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Not the lowest but make the buggers consider carefully what they are
worth and what they would work for.

R

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